Combination rule



Feb. 12, 1929.

A. zAMosTNY coMBNAToN RULB Fied Sept. 19 1927 Pltented Feb. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT o FICB.

The feSent invention TeloteS to o ooInbinotion I'llle ond haS for itS )I'ilTle objeCt to rovideo 111e oon]1)riSing )1l11'o1it of foldoble SeCtionS, the end SeofionS of hiCh are conStruofed to foTIn o1i eTS and a gage.

1LI1ot heT iIrIPortant obieot of the inveI1tion foSi(1eS in the roviSion of a ColI1binotion fu1e of this I1ture }1ich nlay be foldod to J1'()- vide vefy ooIo aot and convenient devioe of thiS natufe.

- still fnfther iIT1 )orfont obieot of the iI1- vention resideSiI1the proviSion of a coInbina tion foldab1e rllle of thiS ntUTe v11ioh iS SiII1- 1)1e iI1 its oonStrnofion, inex enSive to nonn faoture, Stfong and dnrable, thoronghly e oienf and Telioble in llSe, nd otherTviSe e11 odo ted to tho urpoSe fo1 WhiCh it iS de Signed.

11fith the bove and nI11TleI'ous otheI ob ieotS in vioW aJS Tvi11 al) )eadI' aS t11e desoriPtion ProceedS, tho invention resideS in oertain novel featufeS of conStrnotion, and in the Con1bination and arrangeInent of )I tS oS Win be hereinafter Inore funy deSoribed and o1aiIne(1.

In the draWing:

igure 1 iS o )erS ectivo vievv of the rule Showing the Same eXtended,

igure 2 iS a folded vieW of the rule Shov ing the goge afn]S exfended,

ignTe 3 iS PaftiaHy folded viow of the Tule Shox ing the Cn1iper end Seotion for in- Side meaSnrementS,

igure is Sirnilar vieW Shoving the annS for outSide IneaSureInent,

ignre 5 iS o detail view of t he SHde foI' the gage,

igUfe 6 iS SoCtion therethIongh foken on fhe line 6-6 of igHre 5,

i ure 7 is a Seotion taken on the line 77 of ignre 5,

iguTe 8 iS a dotRi1 vieTv of the Slide vith the spring reInoved, ond,

Fignre 9 is defi] frogmenf vieW Shoving the Sfop on one arn1 of tfle e.

Beferring to the drawing in defan it win bo Seen thot I provide one of n1ore intern1e diafe rllle seotionS 5. vvhel e thefe are o phlrality of thee intefn1ediate SeofionS 5 they lI'e pivoted together as at 6. 1`n end Section 7 iS pivoted to one of the end inter- Inediote SectionS 5 as of 8 and haS o S1ide frTle thefeon coInPfiSing o feCfangnlar plate 9 With an elongoted Slot 10 therein and 1oIlgitudinal odge pel' ondionlarly extending f1ongeS 11. A bolt 12 extendS through openngS in the cenferS of the fiongeS 11 and holds 1n )loce o S )rlng S vhioh iS Providod vvith lote 9 and the Seotion 7 iS Teceived betWoen the S1)fing 8 nd the late 9 and betWeen the f1 ngeS 11. 1y tightening the bo1t 12 tho f1ang eS ore bent invord1y and tighten tho f1 iot1onl engagenlent of t11e Spfing vith the Section 7 0n thiS frIne 9 at one end of the lote thore iS )ivotally n1ounted aS t 16 gage rIn 17 vv11ich iS fovided vvith o Ing 18 n]ovble in an arouote slot 19 So thot the ofn1 17 iS 1iInited to movement i11 o quadTont of o oiro1e, 11LI1()ther orn1 20 is iVotedfo tho Section 7 by Ineans of the ivot oonneotlon 8 and has a 1otorolly extending lu 21 Which abutS one 1ongitndina1 edge of flle Seofion 7 vhen diSpoSed PerPendiou18r1y f fleI'eto oS iS Shovvn in igUre 9 and abuts a Shouldef 22 ,11en folded over the seotion 7 as Shovn in l igure 1 thereby being liInited to sWing in a qlladront of a oirole. TheSe gage aI1IS 1na y be eXtended erPendioulorly to the Seofion 7 and the S1ide frome odjusted So aS to n)eaSure tho thiokneSS of ortioleS os WiH be Teadily opparent.

The other end seotion ooIn riseS o )8iI' of elongated lneInberS 24 hoving Stright edgeS 25 11ich Inay be diS oSed oolnoident to eaoh otheI and ooinoident vith the Straight ed os of the SectionS 5 nd 7, these IneInbe1S 21 e ing ivoted to the otheI' end interInediote Section by Ineans of bolt 26 hioh nloy be tightened to hold the Inen1berS With their sfrai 11t edgeS ooinoidenf or to hold the Inen1 berS in dieTent ongnlor reltion as iS ShoWn iI1 I igureS 3 ond So aS to pTovide inSide ond olltSide ooliPeTS TeSPeotively. TheSe IneIn befS 24 terIninate in oints 27 Which vi11 be uSed foI' otltside oa1iPeI' IneoSureInents and vvith loterolly extending proieofionS 28 Which vil1 be USed foI' inSide Caliper IneaSnrenlentS. The SectionS 5, 7 ond 24 Tnay be provided vvith any Snitoble nleosuring indicio for taking linea1' IneSnrenentS. The ColiPer nenlberS 21 n1oy be provided With indioio to designote the angle t11erebetveen ond the indicia on the Seofion 7 ]nay obvionS1y be nSed to iI1diote the diStonoe betveeI1the age annS 17 and 20.

It is thonght tht the ConStruotion, opefafion, and advantageS of the invention vvi11 now be quite op arent fo thoSe Ski1led in thiS ort Tvithont o lnoro detoi1ed deSoription thereof. The )resent eII1bodiInent of the invention ANTHONY ZAMOSTNY. 

